An old man sits behind a desk in a white house on the highest ground in the county and watches a lamp burn in a window three miles down the river road. He has been watching that lamp for forty years. Tonight, he puts it out.He owns the bank. He owns the soybean to the east through three shell companies. He owns the judge's exhaustion and most of the men in the bottom and, by way of a called note coming due on Friday, the brother of the woman whose lamp is burning. He has, with the ...

An old man sits behind a desk in a white house on the highest ground in the county and watches a lamp burn in a window three miles down the river road. He has been watching that lamp for forty years. Tonight, he puts it out.He owns the bank. He owns the soybean to the east through three shell companies. He owns the judge's exhaustion and most of the men in the bottom and, by way of a called note coming due on Friday, the brother of the woman whose lamp is burning. He has, with the ...

An old man sits behind a desk in a white house on the highest ground in the county and watches a lamp burn in a window three miles down the river road. He has been watching that lamp for forty years. Tonight, he puts it out.He owns the bank. He owns the soybean to the east through three shell companies. He owns the judge's exhaustion and most of the men in the bottom and, by way of a called note coming due on Friday, the brother of the woman whose lamp is burning. He has, with the ...

Less stuff, less stress - more freedom, more joy.Our obsessive pursuit of wealth isn't working-people are afraid and anxious; we're destroying the planet, undermining happiness, and clinging to an unsustainable economy.But there's another way. Less can be More. Throughout history wise people have argued that we need to live more simply-that only by limiting outer wealth can we have inner wealth. Less is More is a compelling collection ...

Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of different sectors. In practice, it has become the springboard for millions of individuals throughout the world who are forging the fastest and most profound social transformation of our time—the sustainability revolution.The Sustainability Revolution paints a picture of this largely unrecognized phenomenon from the point of view of five major sectors of societ...

Award-winning social entrepreneur and permaculturalist Adam Brock draws from ecology, sociology, community economics, social justice, and indigenous practices the world over to present more than eighty proven solutions for building healthy communities. Using the "pattern language" framework developed by architect Christopher Alexander and his colleagues in the 1970s, Brock outlines strategies for redesigning our social and economic systems to mimic nature's resilience and abundance....

**An intersectional primer for saving the planet: place-based perspectives and community-led tools for fighting climate change—for readers of The Intersectional Environmentalist and All We Can Save"An essential, inspired chorus of voices echoing the urgency of action in the fight against climate change." —Kirkus Reviews**In Climate Resilience, climate justice and resilience strategist Kylie Flanagan invites us to see and ...

With a world steeped in materialism, environmental destruction, and injustice, what can one individual possibly do to change it? While the present obstacles we face may seem overwhelming, author and humane educator Zoe Weil shows us that change doesn't have to start with an army. It starts with you. Through her straightforward approaches to living a MOGO, or "most good," life, she reveals that the true path to inner peace doesn't require a retreat from the world. Rather, s...

Explores the flourishing, passionate forms of leadership emerging from women on behalf of the earth and community• Contains more than 30 essays from successful women leaders, including writers Alice Walker and Eve Ensler, psychiatrist Jean Shinoda Bolen, holistic doctor Rachel Naomi Remen, hip-hop performer Rha Goddess, and famous tree-sitter Julia Butterfly Hill• From Bioneers president and cofounder Nina SimonsMany today find themselves being called toward greater...

Drawing on ancient Aboriginal wisdom, a leading Indigenous Australian healer and an Elder show you how to find contentment, purpose, and healing by learning to reconnect with your story—and ultimately the universe.Dr. Paul Callaghan belongs to the land of the Worimi people who live north of Sydney along the east coast of Australia. Raised to live the western way, Paul found himself mired in deep depression—struggling to find meaning while raising a family and worki...

Discover your role in the $50-trillion "clean money" revolution that is bringing true prosperity to the world.By 2050, $50 trillion will change hands in North America in the largest generational wealth transfer ever. It will remake the world and be the biggest money-making opportunity in history."Business as usual", founded on exploitation and environmental ruin, is over. Climate catastrophe, reactionary politics, and widening inequity have put the world on...

Walmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for meaning. And their power continues to rise.Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility wil...